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html.elements.datalist - Browser compatibility chart missing display issue with firefox

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Description

What type of issue is this?

issue in documentation for the page https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/datalist#browser_compatibility

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

chromium based browsers will render

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as

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whereas firefox alone will only render

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the documentation should reflect this browser specific display difference

What browsers does this problem apply to, if applicable?

Firefox

What did you expect to see?

a similar or identical display as chrome, edge, opera safari

Did you test this? If so, how?

issue discovered on a client website, testing on multiple browsers found a firefox specific issue

Can you link to any release notes, bugs, pull requests, or MDN pages related to this?

No response

Do you have anything more you want to share?

No response

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/datalist

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MDN page report details
  • Query: html.elements.datalist
  • Report started: 2024-03-18T17:06:17.162Z

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the MDN datalist page's Browser compatibility section and verify the reported rendering difference in Firefox and Chromium-based browsers. Trace that page to the corresponding browser-compatibility data entry, then update the documented Firefox-specific behavior and confirm the chart renders the distinction accurately.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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